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Re: Bug#435020: ITP: p54 -- Driver for Prism54 "softmac" 802.11 wireless LAN adapters



Am Samstag 28 Juli 2007 18:05 schrieb Sam Morris:
> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:15:50 +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote:
> > Is that really worth it, knowing that it will probably never be in a
> > stable release? There is also a p54 in wireless-dev, based on mac80211.
> > Maybe you have knowledge of what's going on there? Please enlighten me.
>
> The wireless-dev tree's p54 driver is the one I am going to package; I
> should have made that clearer in the ITP.
>
> The p54 driver certainly seems stable enough for regular use based on my
> own testing of it.
>
> I think that creating this package is worthwhile if it helps _anyone_ get
> their wireless hardware working under Linux, and if it lets upstream get
> _any_ useful feedback or bug reports.
>
> PS, please CC me in your responses as I read debian-devel though Gmane
> and may miss out on your messages. :)

Maybe I was irritated by the "softmac" in the description as that's also the 
name of the old stack.

HS



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